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Q: QuestionCan I back up other external 1tb hard dive which is full?

Asked 5 years ago by Anonymous.

• A:Answer Absolutely, I use it in a similar manner. I have a small form factor short term backup 4TB drive that I keep handy. I back up to the 4TB drive and then weekly I transfer files from it to the 8TB for long term storage. You could do the same with your 1TB drive. Keep in mind this 8TB is not intended to be running constantly like a network drive, it's best to back up data to it and then remove it. In my case, I leave it connected until I power down the computer then disconnect it and put it back in a cabinet where I store it, it's only on long enough for the file transfer, no more than an hour or two per week.

  Answered 4 years ago by Emag

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Q: QuestionAcctually I have two questions. One does it work with ps4 and two does it come with the USB?

Asked 5 years ago by Ps4guy58790.

• A:Answer Question 1: As far as PS4 compatibility, I can't say for sure but it DOES work with my Xbox One after just testing it. Question 2 - Yes, it comes with both the 3' - USB cable (USB-3.0 Micro-B 10-pin [External Hard Drive] to USB-3.0 Type-A [computer or PS4] ) and the AC Adapter for its power source. This hard drive will likely work well for PS4 but WD makes a better drive specific to gaming, allowing for faster transfer/render speeds. I would check out the WD - WD_BLACK D10 8TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hard Drive. If you want a hard drive that's literally built for speed and money isn't a big issue, say if you want to run your games off the drive and not just have it as a backup, I would go with a SSD considering it has no moving parts reducing noise/heat and increasing speed. The downside is the price per GB is significantly higher than a HDD (about 4x cost) but it's usually worth it. I included the link to both recommendations as well as pictures of this hard drive's cable and ports. I hope this helps.

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    WD - D10 8TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive - Black

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    WD - My Passport SSD 2TB External USB 3.1 Gen 2 Portable SSD with Hardware Encryption - Black

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Q: QuestionIs this capable of putting all my Blu Ray movies on it?

Asked 5 years ago by Lorne.

• A:Answer Depends how many movies you have! 8TB can hold a whole bunch o' movies though.

  Answered 5 years ago by sfordinVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionWould this device be a good place to store documents?

Asked 5 years ago by Leo.

• A:Answer If you're referring to Digital Documents then yes, that is exactly what it is built for. You can use it as a system backup or just store documents/files on it, making room on your computer for better-operating efficiency.

  Answered 5 years ago by Droogle

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Q: QuestionIs there a way to connect two (2) MacBook pros they book at the same time so time machine backup will work for both laptops?

Asked 5 years ago by Stat.

• A:Answer The hard drive only has 1 USB port to connect to one computer at a time. BUT.... What you can do is use some of the MacOS features regarding file sharing and hard drive sharing between computers on a network or connected via another method. Check out these apple support articles, they should give you a good starting off point: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/connect-mac-shared-computers-servers-mchlp1140/mac/10.15 https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-file-sharing-on-mac-mh17131/10.15/mac/10.15 https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-your-mac-to-be-secure-flvlt003/10.15/mac/10.15 There is another feature called

  Answered 5 years ago by Droogle

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Q: QuestionWill this work for an external source for a security system?

Asked 5 years ago by Loader.

• A:Answer Yes, but, if its an older system you may have to format it to fat32. There is a setup utility on newer DVR security systems to point it to the external drive. It may be more cost effective for you to buy a larger internal sata or ssd drive if your comfortable with disassembling your system.

  Answered 5 years ago by Doc762Verified Purchase

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Q: QuestionLooking to back up my downloaded movies? How many per TB? Will this be able to do it?

Asked 5 years ago by angelsfavorites.

• A:Answer Yes this will be an excellent place to back up movies, music, school work, etc. How many it will back up depends on the size of the movie as well as the size of the back up hard drive. Mine has over a thousand movies on it with room to add more.

  Answered 5 years ago by Oxie

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Q: QuestionWill this work with the dish network 211k or 211z?

Asked 6 years ago by Kenmar.

Q: QuestionCan the drive be partition with independent users and pswd?

Asked 6 years ago by Gil.

• A:Answer You can do anything you want with the drive if you are able to do it outside of the provided software. It's just an external drive. The provided software seemed to have limited security options that probably wouldn't allow you to set security for different users or partitions.

  Answered 6 years ago by Mike

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Q: QuestionIs this compatible with the TIVO T6 dvr--if not which one is?

Asked 6 years ago by John.

• A:Answer Yes, the hard drive is compatible with the TiVo T6.

  Answered 6 years ago by CommunityAnswer

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Q: QuestionHi, can this drive be configured as RAID-1?

Asked 7 years ago by KennyChevy.

• A:Answer Yes, should not be a problem. Can configure any drive in a RAID 1 configuration.

  Answered 6 years ago by JeffVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionWill this work for gaming because that is what it would sometimes do on it enerything else is school

Asked 7 years ago by Ryker.

• A:Answer Not knowing what part of your gaming activity would be present on the disk, what matters is the actual read and write speed over your USB port connection. That speed may well be fine for certain games, other, high-intensity video interchanges might be a limiting factor. That said, nothing beats a success, but a failure...... Try one.

  Answered 7 years ago by elwoodVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionIs this compatible with Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) or can it be formatted to be compatible with that OS?

Asked 7 years ago by clmntam.

• A:Answer Works with Mac!

  Answered 7 years ago by txmoeVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionThe HDD is replaceable? this unit can be opened ?

Asked 7 years ago by Edel.

• A:Answer The case is not designed to be easily opened to replace the drive. The case is a screwless design. But, it can be opened with some prying and the proper tool. You might wind up with some dents or scratches on the case and/or broken clips if not very careful. You can search for for several videos that show you how to do it.

  Answered 7 years ago by RayJayVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionWD provides an international guarantee?

Asked 7 years ago by Anonymous.

• A:Answer Yes

  Answered 6 years ago by DredaeVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionI am looking to purchase this item and would like to use it to store pictures for my company. My hope is to put all the pictures in one place so all employees can access them from home and work using there computers and phones will this product work?

Asked 7 years ago by ASI.

• A:Answer It certainly has the space. But it's a drive, not a server. You'll need a way for them all to access the drive, obviously.

  Answered 7 years ago by PeterVerified Purchase

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Q: Questionwill this drive work on a ZBook with window 8.1 Pro 16 GB Intel processor

Asked 7 years ago by Jimmymc.

• A:Answer Sure will

  Answered 7 years ago by KsearsorVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionI am looking to Rip all my DVDs to a hard drive in order to get rid of my DVD collection, just tired of trying to physically store them, will this work for that? IF so, will 8 terabytes be enough for like 500 movies?

Asked 8 years ago by Jfiesler.

• A:Answer I currently have 700 movies on a 4 TB drive. You should have no problem with an 8TB drive.

  Answered 7 years ago by OldGuyVerified Purchase

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Q: QuestionI'm looking for a hard drive that doesn't encrypt the files. Is there a way around this? I use it for pictures only. I had a My book Essentials 2t hd and the case broke and I can't get any thing out.

Asked 8 years ago by Johnnyboy.

• A:Answer I use this with windows explorer as a hard drive, just drag and drop files and folders on it like normal.

  Answered 7 years ago by DonnaVerified Purchase

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